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Top 5 Tallest People in the World: Their Height Will Surprise Many
29.04.2023 13:55
It has long been believed that the tallest people play basketball, because for this game it is not only the player's skill that is important, but also his height. But in reality, everything is completely different: people who are very tall cannot play any sports games, because it is forbidden to them due to health problems. A person of tall stature can rarely live to be thirty years old.
1. Robert Wadlow is the tallest man in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records
Robert was the tallest person whose height was officially recorded by special people from the Guinness Book of Records. This man died when he was 22 years old, and at that time his height was 272 centimeters, and he weighed almost two hundred kilograms. And he did not look fat, for such a height this is a completely normal weight.
Until the age of four, the boy developed and grew absolutely normally, but after this age, changes occurred in his body, after which his growth did not stop until his death.
The man died of blood poisoning. Interesting fact: Robert's coffin was completely encased in concrete. The man's parents insisted on this because they believed that the grave could be robbed.
2. John Rogan is the second tallest person in the world
John Rogan was an African-American, the son of a slave. Until the age of thirteen, he was also a normal child, and then he began to grow. However, his height was small, unlike Robert, and he weighed 79 kilograms. John's height was 2 meters 59 centimeters.
He had a disease called ankylosis. It was because of this disease that he died, and before his death he could not move independently. Since he was from a poor family, he had no opportunity to be treated. At first, he moved with the help of crutches, and when this became impossible, he created a cart for himself, which was moved with the help of goats.
John was unable to work and earned his living by selling postcards with his image on them to tourists and the curious.
3. John Carroll - American from Buffalo
The exact height of John is unknown, but it is still believed that this man is the third tallest person in the world. However, he suffered from a curvature of the spine, so it was impossible to make exact measurements. According to some sources, his height was 2 meters 63 centimeters.
John started growing after he was sixteen, doctors conducted tests and tried to help him, but nothing worked. His growth was recorded regularly once a month, and it was noted that he was growing steadily by 15 centimeters.
4. Leonid Stadnik - Ukrainian from Zhitomir region
Leonid's growth accelerated after a brain operation due to a dangerous disease. It was this operation that led to the acceleration of growth, and as a result, he reached 2 meters 53 centimeters.
Leonid had great difficulty moving around on his own, a problem that haunted all tall people. But despite this, he worked as a veterinarian and even knew how to perform operations on animals.
Stadnik's life was cut short at the age of 44 due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
5. Veino Myllyrinne - a giant from Finland
Every corner of the world has at least once produced a giant, and Finland is no exception. Vaino had a four-meter span, and despite his height, he was able to serve in the army. By the age of 22, he was 2 meters 22 centimeters tall. He grew until he was 40, after which it all stopped. At 54, his height was 2 meters 54 centimeters, the last recorded height at the time of his death.
